Earlier this week, police arrested a number of suspects who allegedly are involved in filing false reports with state agencies to embezzle government funds. Allegations against them include money laundering.
On Thursday, 14 Kislev, the Jerusalem Magistrate Court extended the remand of some of the suspects. Two of them will remain behind bars for an additional week while two others were remanded for an additional five days. The only female suspect, who was under house arrest due to her medical condition, has been released.
The court acknowledged that based on the evidence presented by the prosecution, it appears that knowingly embezzled the Ministry of Education of state funds.
It is alleged they established an NGO, opened a bank account in the NGO’s name and filed with the Ministry of Education for fictitious students. The money was deposited into the NGO account and checks were written and then cashed with a money changer.
So far investigators accuse them of embezzling NIS 3 million.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Money laundering and fraud are crimes.
Money laundering and fraud are asur.
And when done by people in the frum community, money laundering and fraud create a chilul HaShem and bring dishonor to the Torah and to all frum Jews.
I wanted to rend my garments when I read this.
a message spoken by a rav to a kollel in a torah community
I once heard a shiur given to a kollel with a question. How could it be in the anonymous town of —– there are so many yeshiva people that do this corrupt action of putting their house under someone else’s name etc… so they can get all the programs HUD, foodstamps, WIC etc..? i then heard what others had to say. One person said Rabbi anonymous SHLITA says if a person really needs the money for tuition or food he can do it. A different person said Rabbi Reuvein Feinstein SHLITA said you can do it because the BANK really owns it for 30 years etc… the speaker then told them you see that is all corruption AKA where a person fools HIMSELF & says its not stealing. Why is it stealing? i pay other taxes to the town etc… Its not so bad when a person fools another person into sinning C”V or gets fooled into sinning C”V, BUT when a person FOOLS HIMSELF into sinning thats very bad. the speaker then asked a different question on the same topic. Is a person allowed to borrow a travel businessman’s American airlines card to save money on his flight or is that Corruption? am i allowed to borrow your COSTCO card & use it to save money for myself? the simple answer is NO a costco membership card includes a person himself, his wife & children anyone else that uses it is stealing from the Company. (Maybe i should buy 10 costco memberships & rent them out $2.00 a card per day C”V everyone would come use it Rachmana L’tzlan. BUT THATS PURE CORRUPTION & PURE STEALING ETC..)
remove yourself from this world of corruption & instead be guaranteed success from Hashem by being an honest person.